But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. 'The thing ye demand, though in keeping with the legal, is unsuited to the genius of the evangelical dispensation.' The sparks of unholy indignation would seize readily enough on this example of Elias; but our Lord's rebuke, as is plain from Luke 9:56, is directed to the principle involved rather than the animal heat which doubtless prompted the reference.